Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2004–05 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2005

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Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2004–05 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2005–06
State	Schools		Students		FTE teachers		High school graduates 2004–05
United States	28,996		5,057,520		435,485		307,249

Alabama	435		77,204		6,583		5,191
Alaska	86	!	5,890		574		291
Arizona	287		50,013		3,850		2,634
Arkansas	217		30,876		2,426		3,919	!
California	3,352		614,861		47,913		33,541

Colorado	333		49,515		4,643		2,843
Connecticut	356		66,022		7,254		5,589
Delaware	110		24,869		2,198		1,663
District of Columbia	83		18,138		2,253		1,447
Florida	1,872		323,302		28,414		16,824

Georgia	715		126,425		12,236		7,302
Hawaii	115		29,721		2,506		1,674
Idaho	123		11,140		933		555
Illinois	1,413		261,751		19,158		14,352
Indiana	795		116,816		8,902		5,267

Iowa	278		54,147		4,311		3,267	!
Kansas	405	!	41,968		3,445		2,082
Kentucky	435	!	67,262		5,256		3,718
Louisiana	422		124,810		8,942		7,956
Maine	148		18,670		1,983		2,350

Maryland	656		143,316		13,856		8,519
Massachusetts	720		130,998		14,794		10,942
Michigan	856		141,615		10,519		8,051
Minnesota	555		90,811		6,883		4,272
Mississippi	298		50,496		4,376		3,146

Missouri	659		122,890		10,478		8,348
Montana	239	!	32,259	!	1,962	!	9,228	!
Nebraska	223		38,239		2,806		2,274
Nevada	117		19,879		1,423		662
New Hampshire	173		21,711		2,378		2,163

New Jersey	962		196,541		18,492		12,826
New Mexico	183		21,130		1,972		1,400
New York	1,970		447,627		40,368		28,471
North Carolina	624		102,333		9,677		5,333
North Dakota	45		6,279		514		421

Ohio	939		222,738		16,432		13,070
Oklahoma	232	!	29,899		3,007		1,780
Oregon	431		49,117		4,100		2,848
Pennsylvania	1,969		284,944		23,303		17,980
Rhode Island	132		25,976		2,562		1,807

South Carolina	307		52,070		4,948		2,950
South Dakota	83		10,961		920		508
Tennessee	565		91,794		8,901		5,864
Texas	1,373		228,979		21,888		11,498
Utah	100		16,269		1,530		1,088

Vermont	117		10,295		1,465		1,150
Virginia	738		120,241		12,890		7,094
Washington	624		93,695		7,600		4,595
West Virginia	145		14,290		1,371		796
Wisconsin	948		125,050		10,088		5,665
Wyoming	34		1,677		204		‡
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent.
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates do not include private schools for which kindergarten is the highest grade.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2005–2006.

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